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...study in the Jan. 9 issue of the journal Science presents strong evidence that even people who aspire to tolerance - who would consider themselves nonracist - still harbor unconscious biases powerful enough to prevent them from confronting overt racists or from being upset by other people's racist behavior. The authors say the results suggest attitudes so deeply ingrained that protective legislation and affirmative-action programs are required to overcome them. The results may even offer clues as to how other societies have spiraled into genocide...
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Clawing back gains absent fraud--and where there are no preset clawback agreements--is another matter. The concept is foreign to most of Wall Street. Hedge funds generally have only what you might call "claw forwards": high-water-mark provisions that prevent managers from pocketing performance fees after a loss until they've made up that loss to their investors. Investment banks, meanwhile, have for decades paid out bonuses on the basis of one year's profits and worried about the consequences later...
...Harvard Medical School research has found that it can also help your health. A study led by HMS professor C. Ronald Kahn found that the kind of fat that has made Jennifer Lopez famous—fat found in the buttocks and thighs—may actually help prevent diabetes. Those with generous derrieres, or “pear-shaped” bodies, store subcutaneous fat in their hips and buttocks. Those with “apple-shaped” bodies tend to store weight around their abdomens. Researchers already knew abdominal obesity came with a higher risk of diabetes...
With Japan's recession deepening, the country's central bank could intervene in currency markets for the first time since 2004, in a bid to prevent further appreciation of the yen - a rise that is hammering Japan's export-driven businesses...